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Sunday 28th June, Royal Albert Docks, 10am - 5pm

The Meridian Society is presenting a famous slice of ancient Chinese history in our exciting pageant at this year’s Dragon Boat Races. It is a wonderful opportunity for members of the British Chinese community to find out about their cultural heritage and for the general public to learn a little about the origin of the Dragon Boat Races.

This project commemorates the poet Qu Yuan (parading on stilts) who drowned himself in protest against a corrupt government. We are presently holding workshops with the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets and The Forest Gate Youth Centre to create some marvelous waves and an on land dragon boat for the pageant. The waves will be an ingenious design of the calligraphy of Qu Yuan’s poetry and painted with fish and dumplings.

The Meridian Society has received funding from the Arts Council and Awards for All to make all this possible and we are counting on our volunteers, community and groups and artists to make this a stunner!

Come and join us for this speci al cultural celebration!